RISK!

If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.

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Males of the City: RISK! Reacts
Timothy Vaux's story “Males of the City,” first told on So Say We All, starts with a casual wave to a stranger and ends somewhere considerably more interesting. Kevin Allison hears it for the first time in this RISK! Reacts episode and finds himself relating to it in ways he didn’t anticipate!
March 24 · 29 min
Presenting True Crime News: The Podcast
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March 20 · 1 hr
Live From Philly 4!
First released in December 2013, this live RISK! episode from Philadelphia's ⁠First Person Arts⁠ pairs two storytellers with a lot to say about losing control and getting it back.
March 19 · 44 min
Quid Pro Quo, Revisited
(Content note: child sexual abuse) In 2016, ⁠Ed G.⁠ got on stage at RISK! and told a story he'd never told anyone. Now, ten years later, ⁠Ophira Eisenberg⁠ sits down with him to go places that story couldn't: the FBI, the Pope, the survivors who found each other decades later, and the hard-won question of where shame really belongs. Ed's story begins in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where a boy abandoned by his violent father and drowning in poverty finds an unlikely lifeline in the local Catholic church.
March 17 · 53 min
Where It Hurts
In this crossover episode with ⁠The Story Collider⁠, Karen McCaffrey and Mary Cyn share stories that illustrate the importance of compassion in healthcare.
March 13 · 36 min
Metamorphosis
Michael McFadden and Adrianne Frost share stories about evolving feelings about their bodies over time.
March 10 · 39 min
The Best of Coming of Age Stories #2
Byron Bowers and Amy Salloway share experiences from their formative years. A part of ⁠The Best of Coming of Age Stories⁠ series.
March 5 · 48 min
Private Parts
Ria Spencer, Mindy Myers and Josh Connors share stories about learning to feel at home in your body.
March 3 · 38 min
Family Secrets
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in November of 2013, when Kitty Hailey, Christine Lee and Josh Healey share stories of surprising family situations.
February 26 · 53 min
Catastrophe
Emma Yarbrough and Joel Gonzalez share stories about learning and growing from hard times.
February 24 · 44 min
Live from Brown/RISD
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in November of 2013, when students from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design shared true stories at a RISK! live show on campus.
February 19 · 50 min
Lights Off, Pants Down
David Zellnik tells Kevin Allison about a moment of sexual liberation in a dark back room at a gay bar in the early 90s. Check out all of our ⁠Conversation Stories⁠!
February 17 · 52 min
The Best of Love Stories #4
Reba Sparrow and Smith Galtney share some of our favorite unusual love stories from our 16-year history.
February 12 · 39 min
Unrequited
Connor O’Donoghue, JC Cassis and Jay Michel share stories about crushes and rebounds.
February 10 · 48 min
Live From LA Storytelling Fest
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years when Brian Finkelstein, Carrie Wade and Matt Oberg told true stories at the live RISK! show for the 2013 LA Storytelling Festival.
February 5 · 49 min
Come and Go
Ezra Holmlund and Sarah Adelman tell stories about things involving coming... and going.
February 3 · 38 min
The Riverside, Revisited
In memory of Jan Scott-Frazier, we revisit her 2011 story called “The Riverside” and, until now unreleased, her conversation about the story in 2021 with narrative therapist David Newman.
January 30 · 49 min
How Can I Tell You?
Stella Mayerhoff and Rebecca Heron tell stories about the unbearable weight of truth.
January 27 · 56 min
Casualties
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in October of 2013, when Janine Latus, Scott Whitney and Dan Telfer told stories about brushes with madness that left scars.
January 22 · 57 min
Sexploration
Shem, Nonye Brown-West and JC Cassis share stories of sexual discoveries.
January 20 · 51 min

RISK!

Males of the City: RISK! Reacts

Presenting True Crime News: The Podcast

Live From Philly 4!

Quid Pro Quo, Revisited

Where It Hurts

Metamorphosis

The Best of Coming of Age Stories #2

Private Parts

Family Secrets

Catastrophe

Live from Brown/RISD

Lights Off, Pants Down

The Best of Love Stories #4

Unrequited

Live From LA Storytelling Fest

Come and Go

The Riverside, Revisited

How Can I Tell You?

Casualties

Sexploration